Sports, Race and Religion

4.0 credits

While race, religion and sports may not seem to marry, they are not strange bedfellows. Where religion has proven not to be the catalyst for racial reconciliation, sometimes sports has. This class seeks to trace notable historical markers of American race relations through sports and its intersections with religion. By engaging the biographies of sport legends such as boxers Jack Johnson, Joe Louis and Muhammid Ali, baseballer Jackie Robinson, and tennis goats Author Ash and Serena Williams we will explore an American history of racial and religious plurality.